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    Thread: Craig, here's another water loving food crop for you

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      Craig, here's another water loving food crop for you

      Looks like a challenging crop, but lucrative if you can master it.

      http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29082091
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      I had seen that article in my BBC feed and whimpered just a little. I had considered wasabi a while back, but given the required temperature range of 8 C to 20 C it requires, well that would be a very cold day here. Short of designing a system with a chiller, I don't think it can be done here...but Ontario? < g >
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      If my friends in the PNW are any indication, you can grow just about anything there.

      I hate horseradish and its ilk, but the challenge of wasabi is certainly inviting.

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      I agree, it's an inviting challenge, lol. Looks like we get a little too cold here in winter to make the challenge even greater, plus it's definite dislike of sunlight. It's a nice looking plant though. Not sure where I would find one some to try to grow. I admit, I want to try it, lol.

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      Finding starter stock is the big thing....probably what stopped me from trying. I've killed more than one cool temp, humid atmosphere plant thinking I could be the one to overcome the constraints of nature....Gunnera come quickly to mind...and marsh marigold. < g >

      If I could find a source with providence, I think I would still try. My well water comes out at approx 20 C year round, so it is possible.
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      Marsh marigold is my favorite native. It always gives me a reason to explore creek beds in the spring.

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      The video romanticizes it, but interesting half-hour on wasabi in Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K22Kl0xk_Jk

      Also, the guy at the start of the video must not have any taste buds, 'cause the hunk of wasabi he takes with his soba noodles is huge!

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